At Cargill, Renee Boerefijn, Director of RD, has contributed to aligning multiple business units within a joint market approach, while leading digitization initiatives in collaboration with international teams. During this dinner, he will share his vision on the future of RD and innovation, identify key opportunities and challenges for global organizations, and explain how Cargill is working on a digital foundation to improve data access and enable faster, better-aligned innovation.
Leaders in Supply Chain, Operations and Digital Transformation
CPD points | 2 points
17:30 | Start of program (including presentation, discussion and 3-course dinner)
20:30 | End of formal program, opportunity for informal networking
Language: English
Restaurant de HFSLG, Bosch en Duin
Sr. Director R
Renee Boerefijn studied Mechanical Engineering in Southern Italy and obtained his PhD in the United Kingdom. He began his career at Unilever, where he worked for seven years on global projects in the field of detergents. He then joined CSM, where he led biochemistry and product development, and succeeded in successfully launching new products on the market within a few months. After ten years, Renee moved to the oil industry, where he focused on innovation within a refinery. Two years ago, he joined Cargill, where he is now R Director for the European foodservice division. His expertise lies in the field of innovation, digitization (including data science, AI and systems such as ERP and ELN) and food ingredients.
We would like to personally invite you to an exclusive Vision Dinner on October 29, with speaker René Boerefijn, Senior Research and Development Director at Cargill – the world’s largest agricultural company.
Within Cargill, René has contributed to aligning multiple business units under a joint market approach, while leading digitization initiatives in collaboration with international teams. During this dinner, he shares his vision on the future of RD and innovation, identifies key opportunities and challenges for global organizations, and explains how Cargill is laying a digital foundation to improve data access and support faster, better-aligned innovation.
Are you curious about how to successfully scale digital tools within complex organizations? How to use AI and data science in a practical way in RD? And how to identify relevant gaps and opportunities by looking ahead instead of just responding to existing needs?
This dinner is intended for senior leaders in supply chain, operations and innovation who face similar issues. Instead of a series of case studies, René leads a forward-looking roundtable discussion with peers on digital transformation, innovation and value creation across the entire product lifecycle.
